Hood College
Frederick, Maryland · Private, nonprofit
Of 19 assessed programs, 17 leave graduates out-earning a typical Maryland high-school graduate (about $37,571/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 60 could not be assessed.
What would this cost you?
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $12,424 |
| $30k to $48k | $14,454 |
| $48k to $75k | $19,837 |
| $75k to $110k | $23,638 |
| $110k and up | $29,078 |
| All families (average) | $20,873 |
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.
Program earnings vs a high-school graduate
Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.
19 of 79 programs could be assessed 24% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Years to repay | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $78,503 | +$40,932 | clears the bar | $23,331 | 0.6 yrs | 41 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $75,246 | +$37,675 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 26 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $93,047 | +$55,476 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 25 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $53,886 | +$16,315 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.7 yrs | 22 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $71,439 | +$33,868 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 21 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $56,107 1-year earnings | +$18,536 | clears the bar | $46,161 | 2.5 yrs | 21 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $65,110 | +$27,539 | clears the bar | $22,000 | 0.8 yrs | 19 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $92,955 | +$55,384 | clears the bar | $26,750 | 0.5 yrs | 18 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | $90,850 | +$53,279 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $60,022 | +$22,451 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.1 yrs | 14 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | $70,544 | +$32,973 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $32,805 1-year earnings | -$4,766 | falls short | $22,125 | insufficient data | 10 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $44,411 | +$6,840 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | $50,200 | +$12,629 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $50,126 | +$12,555 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Master's Degree | $50,172 1-year earnings | +$12,601 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $20,422 1-year earnings | -$17,149 | falls short | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Educational Administration | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | $100,507 | +$62,936 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Educational Administration | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | $119,559 | +$81,988 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 64 |
| Business Administration | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 20 |
| IT Administration and Management | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 18 |
| IT Administration and Management | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 16 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 10 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 10 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 10 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Fine Arts | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Business Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Area Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Information Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Psychology, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Fine Arts | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Accounting | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Finance | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Information Science | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| IT Administration and Management | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Computational Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Psychology, Other | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Fine Arts | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Music | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Business Administration | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($37,571/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.